Weekly Digest: 22 May 2018
This week’s Digest considers two decisions of the Divisional Court. The first of the two High Court decisions relates to the offence of obstructing a search or examination contrary to...
The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill: New Sanctions Legislation
Currently in a state of Parliamentary "ping pong", the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill is due to be considered again today in the House of Lords. (more…)
Weekly Digest: 18 May 2018
This week's digest considers two judgments of the High Court. In the first, the court considered whether a District Judge was incorrect to find that there was a real risk the...
The Latest Developments in Legal Professional Privilege in Corporate Investigations
In a judgment that will have significant repercussions for internal corporate investigations, and corporates seeking to enter into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA), the SFO was criticised by the High...
Weekly Digest: 8 May 2018
This week’s Digest considers a judgment of the Supreme Court in which it examined whether a confiscation order can be made in circumstances where some of the offences committed by the...
Targeting McMafia, Salisbury and Syria – the Unexplained Wealth Order
Алты́нного во́ра ве́шают, а полти́нного че́ствуют - Laws catch flies but let hornets go free (Russian Proverb) ‘Unexplained Wealth Orders’ (‘UWOs’) came into force on 31 January 2018[1]. UWOs are designed as...
Weekly Digest: 30 April 2018
This week’s Digest considers two judgments of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). The first relates to various challenges to confiscation orders made under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002....
Weekly Digest: 23 April 2018
This week’s Digest considers one judgment of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) in which the court dismissed an application for leave to appeal against conviction and sentence; the appeal...
Legally binding: when do criminal statutes bind the Crown?
In a previous blog post, Alex du Sautoy and Vincent Scully considered the Supreme Court’s decision in R (Black) v Secretary of State for Justice [2017] UKSC 81 (‘No smoke...
Weekly Digest: 16 April 2018
This week’s Digest considers three judgments of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). In the first, a conviction for reckless arson was quashed on the grounds that it was rendered...